SafeGuard vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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SafeGuardPROvsUpdraftPlusPRO

SafeGuard v1.2.0UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
SafeGuard
20.1svs23.6s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
SafeGuard
93 MBvs94 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
SafeGuard

No other plugin is both faster AND produces a smaller backup.

⚠️Different backup scope -- results may not be directly comparable

One plugin backs up more data categories than the other, which affects both speed and archive size.

Backup Scope

SafeGuard
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

wp-config.php is not in the archive. Plugins that leave it out rebuild it during their own restore, so this is recorded rather than penalised. Why

UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

SafeGuard
Backup
8.5s
Restore
11.6s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
13.7s
Restore
9.9s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
SafeGuardTotal: 34.4s
Backup
15.2s
Restore
19.1s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 31.2s
Backup
21.0s
Restore
10.2s
Managed WordPress
SafeGuardTotal: 20.2s
Backup
8.6s
Restore
11.7s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 23.8s
Backup
13.9s
Restore
10.0s
VPS Standard
SafeGuardTotal: 20.3s
Backup
8.6s
Restore
11.6s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 23.6s
Backup
13.7s
Restore
9.9s

Backup Size & Efficiency

SafeGuard
Data backed up259.0 MB
Archive size93.0 MBZIP
Compression2.8:1
Throughput17.0 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up275.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput13.1 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategorySafeGuardUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database12.8 MB1384.5 KB=
Plugins10,819123.9 MB12,099135.8 MB+1,280
Themes55818.6 MB55818.6 MB=
Uploads2599.5 MB2599.5 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other296.4 MB306.5 MB+1
Total14,448218.6 MB15,730228.1 MB+1,282

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

SafeGuard
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
6.7s
DB_EXPORT
0.6s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
10.2s
DB_EXPORT
2.8s

Iteration Results

9 iterations across 3 hosting profiles -- median highlighted per profile. Compression shows archive-to-raw ratio (higher = better). * = no compression detected.

Shared Hosting3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
1
SafeGuard
14.7s18.6s33.4s
UpdraftPlus
18.7s10.2s28.8s
2Median
SafeGuard
15.2s19.1s34.4s
UpdraftPlus
21.0s10.2s31.2s
3
SafeGuard
17.2s20.3s37.5s
UpdraftPlus
24.1s11.6s35.7s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
SafeGuard
8.6s11.6s20.1s
UpdraftPlus
13.9s9.8s23.7s
5Median
SafeGuard
8.5s11.7s20.2s
UpdraftPlus
13.8s10.0s23.8s
6
SafeGuard
8.6s12.9s21.5s
UpdraftPlus
15.1s10.3s25.4s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
SafeGuard
8.7s11.6s20.3s
UpdraftPlus
13.7s9.9s23.6s
8
SafeGuard
8.6s11.5s20.1s
UpdraftPlus
13.7s9.9s23.6s
9
SafeGuard
8.5s12.4s20.8s
UpdraftPlus
14.0s10.1s24.1s

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